18
renegade(noun, person, approach, rebel, recreant)
15
traitor(noun, person, rebel, opponent, fugitive)
15
turncoat(noun, approach, rebel, spy, opponent)
14
defector(noun, approach, rebel, spy, fugitive)
13
apostate(noun, approach, rebel, opponent, recreant)
11
coward(noun, person, worry, individual, dread)
11
recreant(noun, approach, rebel, opponent, fugitive)
10
fugitive(noun, person, rebel, insurgent, delinquent)
10
runaway(noun, person, rebel, exile, outlaw)
9
escapee(noun, rebel, exile, outlaw, fugitive)
7
rat(noun, feature, person, informal, approach)
6
absconder(noun, recreant, fugitive, delinquent, absentee)
6
backslider(noun, rebel, spy, fugitive, runaway)
6
craven(noun, coward)
6
refugee(noun, person, rebel, oppression, exile)
6
runagate(noun, approach, exile, outlaw, outcast)
5
betrayer(noun, rebel, spy, fugitive, turncoat)
5
quitter(noun, coward, defeatist)
5
tergiversator(noun, approach, defector)
4
collaborator(noun, spy, turncoat, conspirator)
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